Champagne Louise Brison Pinot Noir de la Cote des Bar 2014 NY Times it spends 18 months aging

it spends 18 months aging in old barrels with the lees regularly “dynamized” into the wine according to the lunar calendar

with notes of ripe apple and almond

almond nougat

Sourced from a handful of parcels—some of which are planted to the fabled Serines– in Fully and Leytron

this wine captures the grace of time and a place unbothered by fashion

Champagne Louise Brison Pinot Noir de la Cote des Bar 2014 NY Times it spends 18 months agingThe Pinot Noir represents less than 10% of the estates production and offers haunting precision and balance. With a soaring nose of juicy blackberries and spices, it is both cleanly mineral and soil kissed in that way only great Pinot Noir can be, and its dramatic finish echoes the blackberry note and offers plenty of sappy density.